Breck Fire
The Breck Fire burned 7,000 acres in California, in 1998. It was discovered on July 8, 1998, and contained on July 8, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 7,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 1998
- Contained
- July 8, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,474 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.273, -118.826.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,474 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,472 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 1998, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1998, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Central California District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CAKRN
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA3537111878719980708
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-4883
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in California in 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edna Fire | 28,164 | Oct 5, 1998 | Human |
| Piru Fire | 12,613 | Oct 18, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,141 | ||
| Refuge Fire | 9,700 | Aug 4, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,950 | Jun 11, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,094 | Sep 2, 1998 | |
| Middle Fire | 6,600 | Aug 29, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,284 | ||
| Juniper Fire | 6,000 | Aug 31, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,341 | Aug 6, 1998 | |
| Weirick Fire | 5,000 | Aug 31, 1998 | Natural |
| Mercy Fire | 4,800 | Jul 10, 1998 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.